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Beyond facilitator? State roles in global value chains and global production networks
Author(s) -
Horner Rory
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geography compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.587
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 1749-8198
DOI - 10.1111/gec3.12307
Subject(s) - facilitator , global value chain , corporate governance , procurement , globalization , production (economics) , state (computer science) , variety (cybernetics) , value (mathematics) , business , major facilitator superfamily , commodity , global governance , industrial organization , commodity chain , economic system , market economy , economics , political science , marketing , algorithm , law , computer science , machine learning , artificial intelligence , macroeconomics , chemistry , biochemistry , mutant , finance , gene
Designed to break with state‐centric approaches to understanding economic development, global commodity chain, global value chain (GVC), and global production network (GPN) analyses have deepened our understanding of the corporate governance of global lead firms and associated development outcomes in an era of globalisation. Although this research field is recognised to have provided considerable insight into private governance, a rapidly emerging body of research has given greater attention to the role of the state in GVCs and GPN. Although the state playing a role as facilitator towards firms participating in GPNs has often been an emphasis, this article argues that a variety of other roles are of increasing prominence, including as regulator, producer (state‐owned enterprises), and buyer (public procurement). A major challenge for both policymakers and researchers is to understand how a range of state initiatives not just shape but also are shaped by their positioning in GVCs and GPNs.